Husband gets 7-years' jail for murdering wife over dowry

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The court of district and sessions judge AK Panday on Wednesday sentenced one youth Babul Prasad Verma to seven years imprison in connection with the dowry murder case of 24-year old Mamta Devi, a resident of Naitard village, in December, 2010.

According to reports, in case of alleged dowry death in Giridih district, one person identified as Bablu Prasad Verma has been awarded seven years of imprisonment by the court of district and session judge AK Panday here on Wednesday.

A woman was allegedly killed for dowry by her in-laws in the village of Naitard under the Herodih police station on December 30, 2010.One Rakeshwar, a resident of Kurbi village of Dhanbar area of Giridih district had alleged that his sister Mamta Devi was poisoned to death by her husband Bablu Kumar Verma, a resident of Kurbi village of Giridih district.

In his complained filed with the Danbar police station, Rakeshwar had also mentioned that despite satisfying dowry demands, his sister was mentally and physically harassed for a motorcycle regularly as a result of which she started staying with her parents. Rakeshwar, had stated in his complaint that after a panchayat verdict, Mamta Devi wan sent back to her in law’s place, where she was poised and killed.

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